Millington Historical Marker
4836 Navy Road, Millington,
TN,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 20' 29.46516",
-89° 54' 7.857072"
Millington, Tennessee
Millwood, by the plank road leading to Memphis, and Glencoe, often flooded in
the Big Creek area, merged to form Millington around 1875. To stay near the
railroad, Glencoe accepted George Millington's land donation if the town be
named after him. Incorporated in 1903 with W.E. Polk as the 1st mayor. The
school was the first accredited in the county. National searches chose the
town as the site for WWI aviation training school at Park Field; world's
largest inland Naval Base; and the 1st USA baseball training site in 1985.
Declared the state's “Flag City” in 1986.
4836 Navy Road
Millington Churches Big Creek Baptist ChurchIt is thought that by 1812 Big Creek Baptist Church had been organized under a brush arbor by pioneers settling near Big Creek. When the log church bu... [click for more]
Millington Schools Millington Central High SchoolSoon after Millington was founded in the 1870's, a reading
school was established in a wood-frame structure on this site by the Shelby
County ... [click for more]
Millington General Interest Millington Centennial MonumentAs we, the citizens of the City of Millington, celebrate
our Centennial, we believe that it is most appropriate to offer fervent thanks
and hu... [click for more]
Millington City Historical MarkerMillington, Tennessee
Millwood, by the plank road leading to Memphis, and Glencoe, often flooded in
the Big Creek area, merged to form Milling... [click for more]
Park FieldDuring WWI Park Field became a Signal Corps aviation school,
one of the 1st airfields in West Tennessee. Gen. Jas. H. Doolittle often ferried
... [click for more]
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